MAHJONG de João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata
2013 / Portugal / 33 min / Fiction
- Inédit France -
Synopsis :
Varziela, Vila do Conde : Dans le plus grand chinatown du Portugal, un homme portant chapeau et une femme disparue. Tous les ingrédients d’un polar dans un film qui suggère les mystères de l’Orient et d’une guerre à venir.
Varziela, Vila do Conde, the biggest Chinatown in Portugal. A man wearing a hat and a missing woman. A high-heeled shoe, a blond wig and a Chinese dress. The confrontation between the East Wind and the Red Dragon; the cardinal points switched as in an ultimate Mahjong game.
Biographies :
JOAO PEDRO RODRIGUES :
Né en 1966, il est diplômé de l’école Supérieure de Cinéma de Lisbonne. Il a débuté comme assistant réalisateur et assistant monteur sur plusieurs courts et longs métrages.
Son premier long métrage O Fantasma a remporté de nombreux prix dans les festivals.
João Pedro Rodrigues was born in Lisbon in 1966. After studying biology at Lisbon University he attended the Lisbon Film School, where he obtained his diploma. His public film career began at the 54th Venice Festival in 1997 with the short PARABéNS!, which won the Special Jury Prize. In the same year he made ESTA é A MINHA CASA and VIAGEM à EXPO, a two-part documentary. In 2000 he directed his first fiction feature, Phantom, which was screened in the 57th Venice Festival’s Official Competition. In 2005, ODETE won several awards including a Cinémas de Recherche Special Mention at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. His feature project TO DIE LIKE A MAN was selected in 2007 by Cinéfondation for L’Atelier in Cannes and was released in 2009.
JOAO RUI GUERRA DA MATA :
Né au Mozambique, João Rui Guerra da Mata a commencé à travailler dans le cinéma en 1995 comme directeur artistique sur des courts et longs métrages, notamment ceux de João Pedro Rodrigues. Il co-réalisera ensuite avec lui le court métrage China, China (2007), puis Morrer Como Um Homem en 2009, sélectionné en compétition officielle à Cannes cette même année.
João Rui Guerra da Mata was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. He teached Art Direction at the Lisbon Film School from 2004 to 2011. In 1997 he co-starred in the short PARABéNS!, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, that won the Special Jury Mention at the 54th Mostra di Venezia. As an Art Director, he worked in several features and shorts, notably the ones directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, whose films he also co-scripted. This collaboration lately evolved to co-direction, namely in the shorts CHINA, CHINA (2007) – 39th Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes; Best Short Film and Audience Award, Belfort Film Festival and ALVORADA VERMELHA (2011) – Best Portuguese Short Film, IndieLisboa Film Festival; international premiere at Locarno Film Festival. O QUE ARDE CURA (2012) is his debut solo film.
Séances :
Mercredi 9 avril à 14h, salle 1, séance présentée
Samedi 12 avril à 16h, salle 2
